Semen analysis in the Usher syndrome type 2A

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Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 126-130

  Van Aarem, A ^b   Wagenaar, M ^c   Tonnaer, E ^c   Pieke Dahl, S ^a   Bisseling, J ^c   Janssen, H ^c   Bastiaans, B ^c   Kimberling, W ^a   Cremers, C ^c  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Fertility; Semen analysis; Usher syndrome type 2A

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXONEME; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL GENETICS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; PH; PHOTORECEPTOR; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; USHER SYNDROME;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FERTILITY; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTORECEPTORS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; SYNDROME; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032910087     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027656     Document Type: Article

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